partisanship

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpɑrtɪzənˌʃɪp/ UK /ˈpɑːtɪzænˌʃɪp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
strong, often blind allegiance to a party or cause

Bitter partisanship paralyzed the legislature.

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Synonyms

1 noun · strong, often blind... partiality biasfactionalismsectarianism allegiance favoritism

Opposites

impartiality neutralitynonpartisanshipobjectivity

Word family

Related forms partisan party part

Etymology

From partisan + -ship. Partisan comes via Middle French from Italian dialect partigiano 'member of a faction', from parte 'part, faction', from Latin pars (genitive partis) 'part'.

partigiano Italian pars Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# partisanship

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɑrtɪzənˌʃɪp/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɑːtɪzænˌʃɪp/

## Meanings
1. strong, often blind allegiance to a party or cause

## Examples
- Bitter partisanship paralyzed the legislature.

## Synonyms
- partiality
- bias
- factionalism
- sectarianism
- allegiance
- favoritism

## Antonyms
- impartiality
- neutrality
- nonpartisanship
- objectivity

## Related Forms
- partisan
- party
- part

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: partigiano
- Root: pars

## Etymology
From partisan + -ship. Partisan comes via Middle French from Italian dialect partigiano 'member of a faction', from parte 'part, faction', from Latin pars (genitive partis) 'part'.

## AI Etymology
Partisanship comes from partisan + -ship. Partisan comes via Middle French from Italian dialect partigiano 'member of a faction', from parte 'part, faction', from Latin pars (genitive partis) 'part'. The etymological trail includes Italian partigiano and Latin pars. As a noun, partisanship means strong, often blind allegiance to a party or cause. The same family is visible in related forms such as partisan, party, and part. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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